Canada

Doctors fear an impending wave of cancer patients after COVID-19 delays

MONTREAL, Italy - While the prospect of mass vaccination has raised hopes of the COVID-19 crisis soon waning, oncologists and cancer researchers say one of its grim legacies may be a lingering increas...

Feb 04, 2021

Woman found dead in Edmonton hotel room was too drunk to consent to sex: lawyers

EDMONTON - A Crown prosecutor is arguing that a man accused of killing a woman in an Edmonton hotel room did not ask for her consent to perform a sexual act that caused her fatal wound. Bradley Barton...

Feb 04, 2021

Remote care saving grace for many COVID patients, hospitals; oxygen monitoring vital

TORONTO - One saving grace amid the devastation of COVID-19 has been that the vast majority of those infected are able to recover at home, allowing hospitals to cope with what would otherwise have bee...

Feb 04, 2021

Montreal police defend probe into alleged cop attack after suspect exonerated

Montreal's police chief is defending his police force after charges were suddenly dropped against a man accused of attempted murder of an officer. Sylvain Caron said today in a statement that police o...

Feb 04, 2021

Indigenous health legislation needed to end racism in health care: Miller

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the federal government has launched consultations on a law meant to ensure Indigenous Peoples' control over the development and delivery of their...

Feb 04, 2021

COVID-19 cases in Indigenous communities hit lowest point since December: minister

Indigenous Services Canada says the number of people with COVID-19 in First Nations communities has declined to the lowest point since Dec. 6 with 1,869 active cases reported as of yesterday.The depar...

Feb 04, 2021

Every vaccine maker was asked to make their doses in Canada and all said no: Anand

OTTAWA - Procurement Minister Anita Anand says every COVID-19 vaccine maker Canada signed a contract with last summer was asked if they could make the doses in Canada and all of them concluded they co...

Feb 04, 2021

'One of the biggest Black settlements in Western Canada' has rich history

There isn't much left in Amber Valley. There's a community hall, a few homes and a cemetery. Former residents say people driving by on the highway might not even notice it's there. But they quickly ad...

Feb 04, 2021

Work-from-home tax deduction could cost feds $260 million in lost revenue, PBO says

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government could lose out on $260 million from a simplified federal tax measure to let Canadians write off working from home due to the pande...

Feb 04, 2021

RCMP body cameras to costs $131 million over five years: budget officer

OTTAWA - Outfitting RCMP officers with body-worn cameras at 700 detachments will cost an estimated $131 million over five years. A parliamentary budget officer costing note says RCMP are expected to p...

Feb 04, 2021